MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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